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Sankya p.1 by Zakhar Prilepin

This week, Matt and Cameron will be reading the first half of Sankya by Zakhar Prilepin.

Alyosha the Pot by Leo Tolstoy

Major themes: Peasanthood, Christianity, morality

Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel

Major themes: Bolshevism, Buyer’s Remorse, The Russian Civil War, Cossacks, Socratic Debate

The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

Major themes: Table of Ranks, Peter the Great, Magical Realism, Phallic symbolism.